Gryffindor vs Ravenclaw 2017-2018 Closed

Aliea and Rhea are unaffected but are in the position to make a move this round. They are not far from the Ravenclaw chasers who have moved forward towards the Keeper.

Eris attempted to steal but is cut off when a Bludger just barely misses her head. That was a close one! Being short has its advantages, or maybe she dodged it on purpose. It was hard to tell from all the movement but a sickening blow was certainly avoided.

Sally moves ahead unimpeded at the first few seconds of the game but chasers are hot on her tail from Gryffindor. She'll need to be careful!

Sabrina can't see the Snitch from so far away. No one could really. She will have to continue her search for a few more rounds before she has a chance to really find it.

Everyone seemed to get away without injury or horrible failure in the first round of Quidditch this year. The Referee followed closely behind the Chaser groups and has her focus mostly on them.

"AND THE ACTION HAS BEGUN! A BLUDGER NEARLY TAKING OUT YOUNG GRYFFINDOR FAWLEY!" the loud announcer boomed over the stadium once more. "RAVENCLAW HAS THE QUAFFLE FIRST! WATCH YOUR HEADS AND HAVE A GREAT GAME EVERYONE!"

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The game had actually begun. Ben had been so afraid and stunned by the idea of being out on the Pitch. He hadn't even made a move yet until he saw the Chasers start battling. A bludger soared by and Ben's mind kicked back into gear. He had to catch the Snitch for his team. That was his one job out here. It was weird compared to football with the guys back home. Instead of everyone passing the ball... the... Quaffle... it was just the chasers while others had different tasks. A tiny, quick golden ball soared around the stadium and he had to find it. Somehow... somewhere... maybe. He began to scan the stadium while moving about back and forth.

"Where could that thing be? Did Sabrina see it?!" he said to himself, no one likely hearing him over the horrid mix of noise in the stadium.

There was no more hesitation as he moved around to be closer to Sabrina while he scanned. He didn't want her finding it without him. Even if it did mean they'd likely both see it at once he liked those odds better. For now at least. She may be a friend outside the pitch but today she was enemy number one.

ACTIONS: Scan for Snitch and try to do evasive maneuvers, just in case.

It was a shame Rhea had zoned out for the first few minutes of the game. She'd been too distracted by the amount of people that had come to watch, and by the time she'd tuned back in it the Quaffle was already in play. Some Ravenclaw Beater had thrown a Bludger in the direction of Eris, a Chaser who had tried to steal the Quaffle. She hadn't succeeded, and now the Ravenclaws had the Quaffle again.

Finally, it seemed the game had fully taken motion. A rush of excitement fled through the rather tall Gryffindor, and she spurred her broom forwards. The Ravenclaws had the Quaffle first - but not for long. Rhea was determined to win, and no one would stop her. Although she had faith in her team's Keeper, the young redhead didn't want to take any risks. 

Finally catching up to the rest of the Chasers, Rhea started to swerve around to get as close as she could to the Chaser who was holding the Quaffle. A thought of how high she was passed through her head, but Rhea ignored it. She was playing Quidditch, of course she would be high off the ground. 

Although, she hadn't ever been that high...

Throwing away all thoughts of heights from her mind, Rhea focused back on the current task. Take the Quaffle from the Chaser, whose name Rhea wasn't aware of. Just a little faster...

Rhea paid no mind to the other players on the field--or more like the air--instead just favoring to focus on her own techniques. With a final lean forward, Rhea managed to find herself next to the Chaser, even on her wobbly school broom. A determine look on her face, Rhea leaned over her broom and as close as she could to the Chaser before attempting to swipe the Quaffle. As she did, Rhea also made sure to maneuver her broom so she wouldn't get hit by any bludgers. One could never be too safe. 

ACTION: Steal Quaffle, Dodge just in case

Eris did not succeed in taking the quaffle, but before she could let out an angry cry, there was a whoosh of air right over the girl's head. Looking up, face red from the rage of missing the quaffle, Eris saw the bludger fly right over her head. A ravenclaw girl with blonde hair, one that Eris knew from the school play, had the outstretched beaters club in her hands and Eris felt a smug smirk blossom on her face. Her height had been an advantage, causing the bludger to soar right over her head. Resisting the urge to stick her tongue out and gloat, Eris looked away from the ravenclaw to the start of the game.

The ravenclaws still had the quaffle, and the game had finally started. Angling herself up, and away from the blue clad players, Eris tried to figure out what her next move should be. There was not a lot going on, but the game had started. Eris let out a smile, enjoying the freedom of the air up above. The excitement of the first game had worn off, replaced by a hunger to win and prove to the ravenclaws that the Gryffindor team was better then them. Just because they weren't 'smart', didn't mean they couldn't win.

Her fellow chaser and red head, Rhea Bishop, was soaring towards the ravenclaws and Eris, herself. At once, Eris was alert and ready to help her teammate. "Be careful, Rhea." Eris muttered under her breath, watching her dorm mate reach the mass of blue clad players and go in for the steal. Hopefully none of the ravenclaws would try to hurt Rhea, but still, Eris had to be prepared to help her friend. They needed to win this game. Just to gloat about it to the ravenclaws, and so Eris hold it over a certain tall blonde's head for all time.

The second Rhea dived for the ball, Eris dove down as well. She had to, at least, try to protect her team mate and assist her in taking the quaffle from the nerd alliance. Wanting to make a rucus, and possibly distract the ravenclaws from the girl trying to steal the ball, Eris let out a loud yell.

"THIS IS SPARTA!" She yelled the first thing that came to mind, looking at Rhea with a worried expression. Hopefully her friend could take the ball, and hopefully Eris had bothered the ravenclaws enough to keep their minds off of Rhea.

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ACTION
Protect Rhea Bishop, just in case.

Chasing After the bludger Siege was quite distracted at the start of the game. He wasn't sure, but he definitely was woken up when one of his teammates almost got licked by an oncoming bludger, a threat? Better aim for the threat...Now as previously stating before, he was definitely not used to batting a ball per say...But he's batted circular things before, fruit, heads, harmless things...for the most part. He quickly gave a grin, holding once more a bat in his hands made him feel quite comfortable. He would rush for a flying bludger to attempt to hit it...

But to who? So many players to choose...But he knew which one, the one who'd almost licked Eris' head off. He felt no feelings towards any of his teammates, they could fall down and he wouldn't give two craps about it...But he did wanna get some licks in so why not? Plus it was the threat that he and his teammates would probably want to avoid. Maneuvering around, Imagining a hovering head flying across the field and towards his general direction, he would ready his bat to spike the head bludger at the Ravenclaw Girl earlier...Did she have a name? Did it matter to him? No, not really. All he knew is that he acquired his target, and his target was to be destroyed, in a...Bludgeoning way...Wait...Bludgeon-Bludger? It all made sense! Yes this was definitely perfect for him.

Waiting for his opportune moment he would swoop in and direct the flying bludger at the girl (Natasha Ivanovna Belikov) With the entire force of his arms coursing through his veins to send the bludger fling...If it hits, it's definitely going to be quite the hit.

ACTION: Hits The Bludger Towards Natasha Ivanovna Belikov

 A huff escaped the girl. It had been a while now, and she still had no eye on the snitch. For a brief moment, she decided to look down, observing the game taking place underneath her. She was pretty far up, but not far enough. She watched as a boy she had met in the corridors - Siege, she was pretty sure his name was - hit a bludger towards some blonde Ravenclaw player. She pursed her lips, then looked back up at the sky. 

 It has got to be around here somewhere.

 Moving from her idle position, she leaned forward on her broom as her eyes skimmed the area. She somehow doubted that she would catch anything, but that made her shake her head. She should be confident in herself. Professor Cazarez wouldn't have given her the seeker position if he didn't believe that she could handle it. 

 Her mind off of the other players of the game for now - except for her counter-part, Ben - she focused on her own task at hand; finding the golden snitch. If she caught it, that would mean that she had won her team the game most likely. It would also mean that she ended the game. She hoped it wouldn't take days to find it and catch it, like that one world cup match. She would probably die.

ACTION: Scan for the snitch & evasive maneuvers just to be safe.

Cecily closed her eyes to keep her from looking down-- not because she was afraid of heights, but because the view was breathtaking. She could see the whole castle from where she was perched on her broom. She should be paying attention to the game at hand, but there was something even more magical about being so high up in the clear, crisp spring air.

Cecily looked around at the players. So much was happening: she saw a Gryffindor bludger flying at Natasha, but knew Natasha could protect herself-- right? A loud shout from below made Cecily whip her head around to see two Gryffindor Chasers streaking towards Sally and the Quaffle, red robes streaming and snapping out behind them. Narrowing her eyes, Cecily leaned forwards, staying low to her broom to cut down the resistance of the wind. There was no way she was going to let the Quaffle be stolen so early in the game. Cecily adjusted her broom to aim for the trio, but pulled up short as she realised that there was no way she could make it to Sally in time to protect her.

"Sally!" she cried out instead, hoping the other girl could hear. It was just like football, she told herself. She had played with her brothers at home-- they loved the sport and were much better than her. (Quite frankly, Cecily was surprised that Finn hadn't tried out for the Quidditch team yet.) However, though she never stood a chance of winning against the two, Cecily learned a great deal from them. She knew she could apply the tactics to Quidditch as well. "Pass the Quaffle!" Cecily sat up on her broom and stuck a hand in the air, making slight adjustments every so often so as to stay open for the pass and avoid rogue-- or not so rogue-- bludgers, as well as other players flying around.

ACTION: Perform Evasive Maneuvers, Call for Pass

Sally still had control of the quaffle. That was good, but now things were starting to heat up. She would have to focus if she really wanted her house to win.

Sally saw a bludger flow over a girl's head and she tried to not let the incident distract her, but it was already in her head. She was thinking of herself getting thunked in the head like that and shivered a little.

Suddenly out of nowhere,  a Gryffindor was flying towards her. Within minutes, she had her broom right next to hers and another Gryffindor was also swooping in somewhere behind.

For a moment, Sally lost all control. OMG no! Dont panic dont panic dont panic....

Thoughts were racing through her head but in a moment of some clarity, she finally realised that she needed to pass. She could hear Cecily's voice in the background asking for a pass.

She quickly scoped out the direction she needed to throw in and released the quaffle in one fast motion, attempting to make it pass right over the Gryffindor girl's head.

"Lets show them Raven power Cecily" she called out by way of motivation.

Action : skip quaffle to Cecily

Quidditch Game - CLOSED

The Quidditch system is being reworked as a lot of students are struggling with the rules as posted. A simpler system on both the player and moderator side will be developed soon. This also gives us a new chance to modify rosters soon!